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Freaky Flyers
Freaky Flyers (2003)
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Attachment The box art for the Nintendo GameCube version of the game was slightly censored, changing the color of Traci Torpedoes' jacket and decreasing her breast size to make them noticeably less prominent.
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Box Art, Censorship, Console Difference
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Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime (2002)
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Attachment The North American physical release of Metroid Prime: Remastered has reversible cover art. In the same way that the North American release's cover art was remade, the reversible cover art features a remake of the artwork used for the Japanese release of the original game. Likewise, the Japanese physical release contains reversible cover art featuring the North American remade art.
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Bonus Content, Box Art, Easter Egg, General, Reference, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Jak II
Jak II (2003)
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Attachment In the North American release, the cover art is reversible, with the back side featuring a map of Haven City. The front of the game's manual points this map out as a tip to players, but the Greatest Hits re-release of the game did not include this map, with the manual not being updated to reflect this change.
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Bonus Content, Box Art, General, Mistake, Regional Difference, Release Difference, Version Difference
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Milon's Secret Castle
Milon's Secret Castle (1986)
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Attachment The North American box art appears to feature a less-detailed replica of Sleeping Beauty Castle at Disneyland in California.
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Box Art, General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Similarities
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Streets of Rage
Streets of Rage (1991)
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Attachment On the game's Japanese cover, illustrated by Yoshiaki Yoneshima. Blaze Fielding's pose strongly resembles the same pose made by Hitomi Kisugi in an illustration by mangaka Tsukasa Hojo for a 1994 10 aizōban re-release of Shonen Jump's Cat's Eye.
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Artwork/Illustration, Box Art, Development, Early Idea, General, Inspiration, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island (2006)
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Attachment On the North American cover art of the game, only Danny Phantom, SpongeBob SquarePants, Timmy Turner, Cosmo and Wanda are featured, but on the European cover art, Sam Manson, Patrick Star and Sandy Cheeks are featured as well.
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Box Art, Regional Difference, Release Difference, Version Difference
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Sega Superstars
Sega Superstars (2004)
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Attachment In the North American and Japanese Versions of the game, the boxart is white, but in the PAL Regions, it's orange.
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Box Art, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Rayman 2: The Great Escape (1999)
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Attachment Though the 3DS port’s North American boxart is nearly identical to the original Nintendo 64 box art, the PAL boxart instead features Rayman holding a Yellow Lum and smiling to the camera. This boxart is also mirrored in the German release, most likely to prevent the rating label from obscuring Raymans face.
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Box Art, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land
Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land (2002)
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Attachment The color on the game's PAL boxart is noticeably darker than the North American boxart. Because of this, Meta Knight's cape is hard to discern against the cover's background. Kirby and the game title are also a darker shade of pink, and the Nintendo Logo is next to the game's rating box rather than underneath it.
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Box Art, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (2016)
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Attachment The pre-release box art for the European version did not include Donkey Kong or Amy and showed a PEGI rating of 3, while the final release was rated 7.
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Box Art, Release Difference, Version Difference
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Kirby: Squeak Squad
Kirby: Squeak Squad (2006)
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Attachment Kirby had eyebrows added to him on the game's International box art to make him look angry.
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Box Art, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Kirby Air Ride
Kirby Air Ride (2003)
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The box art in the American version shows Kirby angry, with the title above him, on the Japanese box art Kirby is smiling and the title is at the bottom.
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Box Art, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Kid Icarus: Uprising
Kid Icarus: Uprising (2012)
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Attachment The Japanese cover art has Pit with his mouth open and smiling, but on the English cover art his face is serious. This is also a common trait of Kirby games, another franchise also created by Masahiro Sakurai.
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Box Art, General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Kirby Triple Deluxe
Kirby Triple Deluxe (2014)
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Attachment Subtle changes were made between the Japanese and North American box arts. The most notable of these changes (besides the title and ESRB ratings) was the removal of Shotzo from the cover. This may have been done for censorship reasons, as the Shotzo on the Japanese cover is depicted shooting at the viewer. The European box art is left unchanged, however.
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Box Art, Censorship, Development, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Kirby's Dream Land
Kirby's Dream Land (1992)
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The reason why Kirby is colored white in the American cover for Kirby's Dream Land is because Nintendo of Japan were debating whether Kirby's color should be pink or yellow. The game's creator Masahiro Sakurai wanted pink, but Shigeru Miyamoto thought yellow would be better; Sakurai eventually won the debate. However, Nintendo of America didn't know if Kirby was pink or yellow at the time of making the box art, so they decided to play it safe and make Kirby white like he appears in the game.
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Box Art, Development, Early Idea, General, Real Life, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Kirby Triple Deluxe
Kirby Triple Deluxe (2014)
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Attachment This is the first Kirby game to have Kirby with an angry expression on the game's cover in Japan.
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Box Art, General, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
Kirby & the Amazing Mirror (2004)
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Attachment To keep with the trend of Kirby looking angry on the North American box art, the faces of the red and pink Kirbys were switched, giving the pink Kirby the red Kirby's scowl.
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Box Art, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Bonanza Bros.
Bonanza Bros. (1990)
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The plotline of Bonanza Bros. varies from region to region:

• In the original Japanese version of the game, Mobo & Robo are thieves who work for personal gain. The opening cutscene begins with them watching what appears to be a news report about Badville's tourism being decreased by criminal behavior, and the image of a shadowy figure on television would be used by other localizations to modify the plot.
• In the European version, Mobo & Robo are thieves called upon by the shadowy figure to counter criminal orgnaisations in Badville with their burglary, with a bail out of prison being offered as a reward. This plot is also used in the microcomputer versions of the game published in the UK by US Gold, however in those it is specified that Mobo and Robo are "reformed villains" utilising their sworn-off skills rather than villains working for a benevolent figure.
• In the American version of the game, the plot is dramatically altered. Mobo & Robo are renamed to Mike & Spike, and are changed to be detectives who are simply retrieving pilfered items without any ill intent beyond desiring a reward from the shadowy figure. The scene of the intro where they sneak past a wanted poster is removed. Despite this, the American box art still portrays the Bonanza Bros. as criminals on a wanted poster. No modifications were made to the game for the US release beyond the manual and intro, and thus burglar-related imagery (i.e. bags of loot, nefarious digitized "eh heh heh" cackling, policemen and guard dogs to shoot as enemies) remain intact.

Their character bio in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing, despite being a Western-developed title without a Japanese release, uses their original Japanese backstory.
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Backstory/Lore, Box Art, Censorship, General, Manual, Name Change, Regional Difference, Version Difference
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Super Smash Bros. Melee
Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001)
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Attachment The original boxart did not feature Link or Pikachu, and instead featured Mario being attacked by Bowser's Fire Breath move.
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Box Art, Development, Early Idea, General
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Metal Gear
Metal Gear (1987)
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Attachment Snake's appearance on the cover art is based on Michael Biehn's character Kyle Reese in the 1984 film "The Terminator".
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Original source for this trivia (now privated video):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbOqETbQiG0#t=3m47s

The Terminator - Future War sequence featuring Kyle Reese appearance on Metal Gear's box art (additional link and attachment submitted by Kakariko Kid):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5b92SoEGO8
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